Palaeoarmadillo Poinar 2020 (isopod)

Malacostraca - Isopoda - Tylidae

Full reference: G. Poinar. 2020. A new genus of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Oniscidea: Armadillidae) in Myanmar amber. Historical Biology 32:583-588

Parent taxon: Tylidae according to B. Kästle and F. Ludwig 2025

See also Poinar 2020

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Palaeoarmadillo microsoma

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Type: Palaeoarmadillo microsoma

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin Amber (Poinar collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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